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Monthly updates for November 2019

21 Nov

Azure Cognitive Services Translator Text – Maori language now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2019

Translator Text now supports the Maori language.

  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Translator
  • Services
20 Nov

PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose Large-Scale Storage Meter ID and Name Changes

Effective 1 January 2020, the meter IDs and names of Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose -Large-Scale Storage will change.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Services
20 Nov

Azure Data Share dataset movement meter name changes

Effective 1 January 2020, the meter names for Azure Data Share dataset movement – vCore will change.

  • Azure Data Share
  • Services
20 Nov

Azure Data Box Edge (now Azure Stack Edge) meter name changes

Azure Data Box Edge is now Azure Stack Edge. Starting on 1 January 2020, meter names in US Gov regions will change when the service becomes generally available.

  • Azure Stack Edge
  • Services
20 Nov

Azure Stack and Azure Data Box Edge meter name changes

Effective 1 January 2020, the meter names of Azure Stack and Data Box Edge will change.

  • Azure Stack
  • Azure Stack Edge
  • Services
20 Nov

Azure Functions premium plan meter ID changes

Starting on 1 January 2020, Azure Functions premium plan meter ID names will change.

  • Azure functions
  • Services
20 Nov

New Dashboard with Cost Estimator

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Lab Services added a dashboard view enabling instructors to view the summary of the lab

  • Azure Lab Services
  • Services
  • Features
19 Nov

IoT Hub new features now available for device and module twins

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing several feature improvements for Azure IoT Hub device and module twins, namely the support for deep property nesting, and increases to the twin document max. size and key/value lengths.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Services
19 Nov

Understand Kubernetes cluster health with Azure Monitor for containers

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor for containers can now monitor and report the health status of Kubernetes cluster infrastructure components and all nodes running on any Kubernetes cluster.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
19 Nov

Monitor Azure Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes clusters with Azure Monitor for containers

IN PREVIEW

We are now supporting in public preview monitoring for Azure Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes clusters in Azure Monitor for containers.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
19 Nov

Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server is now available in Switzerland regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now generally available in the recently announced regions of Switzerland.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Open Source
  • Features
19 Nov

Azure Database for MariaDB server is now available in Switzerland regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Database for MariaDB is now generally available in the recently announced regions of Switzerland.

  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Open Source
  • Features
19 Nov

Azure Database for MySQL is now available in Switzerland regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Database for MySQL is now generally available in the recently announced regions of Switzerland.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Open Source
19 Nov

Azure Site Recovery is now available in new Azure regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Site Recovery is now available in Norway East and Norway West Azure regions.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
19 Nov

Microsoft cloud in Norway opens with availability of Microsoft Azure

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft announces the availability of Microsoft Azure from our new cloud data centre regions in Norway, marking a major milestone as the first global cloud service provider to deliver enterprise-grade services in country.

  • Regions & Datacenters
18 Nov

Azure App Service - Increased scale-out limits for Premium v2 plans

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Service has increased the maximum scale out limit for PremiumV2 app service plans to 30 instances in select regions around the world.

  • Services
  • Features
18 Nov

HPC Specialized VMs (GPU) - NVv4-Series in preview

IN PREVIEW

NVv4-Series VMs are now available in preview in South Central US and West Europe regions

  • Virtual Machines
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
18 Nov

Azure Media Services now supports live transcription in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Media Services provides a platform which you can use to ingest, transcode, and dynamically package and encrypt your live video for delivery. Live transcriptions is a new feature in the Azure Media Services v3 APIs, wherein you can enhance the streams delivered to your viewers with machine-generated text that is transcribed from spoken words in the audio feed.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services
  • Features
18 Nov

Enhanced observability for event-driven applications with Azure Event Grid now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Event Grid now integrates with Azure Monitor alerts.

  • Event Grid
  • Azure Monitor
  • Services
  • Features
18 Nov

Publish to Azure Active Directory protected endpoints from Azure Event Grid now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Event Grid can now publish events to AAD-protected endpoints

  • Event Grid
  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security

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